Spatio-temporal dynamics of insect communities in constructed and natural tidal marshes with distinct landscape positions

| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | | This readme file was generated on 2023-07-05 by Emily Fromenthal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GENERAL INFORMATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Title of Dataset: Beyond the Marsh: Tidal Marsh Landscape Position Influences Insect Community Structure | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author/Principal Investigator Information | | | | | | | | Name: Emily Fromenthal | | | | | | | | Institution: University of Alabama | | | | | | | | Email:[[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail]) | | | | | | | | Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information | | | | | | | | Name: Shelby Rinehart | | | | | | | | ORCID:0000-0001-9820-1350 | | | | | | | | Institution: University of Alabama & Drexel University | | | | | | | | Email: [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail]) OR [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail]) | | | | | | | | Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information | | | | | | | | Name: Jacob M Dybiec | | | | | | | | Institution: University of Alabama | | | | | | | | Email: [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail]) | | | | | | | | Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information | | | | | | | | Name: Julia A Cherry | | | | | | | | Institution: University of Alabama | | | | | | | | Email: [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail]) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Date of data collection: 2021-04 through 2021-10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Geographic location of data collection: West Fowl River | Coden | Alabama | USA | | | | | CON-1: 30.368 N | -88.152 W | | | | | | | CON-2: 30.367 N | -88.151 W | | | | | | | NAT: 30.368 N | -88.160 W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: | | | | | | | | The Society of Wetland Scientists | | | | | | | | University of Alabama | Department of Biological Sciences | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: None | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Links to publications that cite or use the data: Please see the publication associated with these data in XXXXXXXX (doi: XXXXXX) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Recommended citation for this dataset: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fromenthal | E | S. Rinehart | J.M. Dybiec | and J.A Cherry. Beyond the Marsh: Tidal Marsh Landscape Position Influences Insect Community Structure. Dryad | Dataset | [https://doi.org/XXXXXXXXX](https://doi.org/XXXXXXXXX) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DATA & FILE OVERVIEW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | File List: | | | | | | | | Taxa- count data for each insect taxon observed at study sites | | | | | | | | Biodiversity- total individuals | taxa richness | and Shannon-Weiner diversity (H') indeces for each quadrat | | | | | | FloralCounts- total count | average count | standard deviation | and variance of Juncus roemerianus inflorescences | | | | | Herbivory- percent area of herbivory damage on J. roemerianus shoots collected from each quadrat in each marsh. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: See the publication associated with these data in XXXXXXXX (doi: XXXXXX) for details on methods. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Methods for processing the data: See the publication associated with these data in XXXXXXXX (doi: XXXXXX) for details on methods. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: Microsoft Excel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Environmental/experimental conditions: CON-1 and CON-2 are two constructed tidal marshes hydrologically connected via canal to the West Fowl River in Mobile County | Alabama. NAT is a reference marsh directly connected to the West Fowl River. All marshes are located in a sub-tropical estuary along the northern Gulf fo Mexico. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: | | | | | | | | General QA/QC done by all co-authors. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | People involved with sample collection | processing | analysis | and/or submission: | | | | | Emily Fromenthal was involved in sample collection | processing | analysis | and submission. | | | | | Shelby Rinehart was involved in sample collection | analysis | and submission. | | | | | | Jacob M Dybiec was involved in sample collection and analysis. | | | | | | | | Julia A Cherry was involved in analysis and submission. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Taxa | | | | | | | | Number of variables: 86 | | | | | | | | Number of cases/rows: 146 | | | | | | | | Missing data codes: No data missing. | | | | | | | | Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: N/A. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variable List: | | | | | | | | Marsh-indicates the marsh (CON1 | CON2 | or NAT) that data was collected from | | | | | | Month- month that data was collected | | | | | | | | Method- method used to collect data (Pan | Net | Light | FC) | | | | | Quadrat- indicates the replicate quadrat (i.e. | CON1-1 | CON1-2 | etc.) that data was collected from | | | | | Variables E-CH (5-86) represent counts of indiviual taxa identified to the lowest possible taxa (family | in most cases). | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Biodiversity | | | | | | | | Number of variables: 5 | | | | | | | | Number of cases/rows: 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missing data codes: No missing data. | | | | | | | | Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: | | | | | | | | H'- Shannon-Wiener diversity index; calculated using the formula H^'= -\_(i=1)^Rp\_i ln p\_i | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variable List: | | | | | | | | Marsh- indicates the marsh (CON1 | CON2 | or NAT) that data was collected from | | | | | | Quadrat- indicates the replicate quadrat (i.e. | CON1-1 | CON1-2 | etc.) that data was collected from | | | | | Total Individuals- total count of individual insects per quadrat across all sampling strategies. | | | | | | | | Taxa Richness- number of unique taxa identified per quadrat across all sampling stratagies. | | | | | | | | H'- Shannon-Wiener diversity calculated for each quadrat across all sampling stratagies. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: FloralCounts | | | | | | | | Number of variables: 4 | | | | | | | | Number of cases/rows: 37 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missing data codes: No missing data. | | | | | | | | Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: None | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variable List: | | | | | | | | Marsh- indicates the marsh (CON1 | CON2 | or NAT) that data was collected from | | | | | | Quadrat- indicates the replicate quadrat (i.e. | CON1-1 | CON1-2 | etc.) that data was collected from | | | | | Replicate- inducates which sub-sample from each quadrat is associated with each observation | | | | | | | | Floral count- the number of flowering J. roemerianus shoots in each observation. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Herbivory | | | | | | | | Number of variables: 7 | | | | | | | | Number of cases/rows: 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missing data codes: No missing data. | | | | | | | | Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: N/A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variable List: | | | | | | | | Quadrat- indicates the replicate quadrat (i.e. | CON1-1 | CON1-2 | etc.) that data was collected from. | | | | | Marsh- notes which tidal wetland site the sample was collected from. | | | | | | | | Herbivory (sq inch)- area of insect herbivory damage/scars in square inches | | | | | | | | Herbivory (cm2)- area of insect herbivory damage/scars per cm2 | | | | | | | | Total area (sq inch)- total size (area) of J. roemerianus shoots in square inches | | | | | | | | Total area (cm2)- total size (area) of of J. roemerianus shoots in cm2. | | | | | | | | % Herbivory- the percent area of J. roemerianus shoots with insect herbivory damage | | | | | | |